RE: gdesklets included?

[Brian C. Huffman]

Jesse Keating  wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2007 16:39:50 Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> > I also see in the Release Notes that native mp3 support will be
> >
> > included.  Will that also be provided?
>
> No.

This probably isn't a fair question since I haven't done my research, but is it for the same reason as before.  I found this tidbit: "Fedora won't ship MP3-capable software because the Fraunhofer
Institute's patent license terms are not compatible with the GPL."

However, now that Fluendo is providing mp3 decoding for free, is this still the case?

Thanks,
Brian

gdesklets included?

[Jesse Keating]

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 16:53:01 you wrote:
> However, now that Fluendo is providing mp3 decoding for free, is this still
> the case?

Fluendo has signed an agreement that allows them to distribute the codec.  
However you cannot REdistribute that codec.  Therefor it is not acceptable in 
Fedora, as all of Fedora must be redistributable.

gdesklets included?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> Jesse Keating  wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2007 16:39:50 Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> > > I also see in the Release Notes that native mp3 support will be
> > >
> > > included.  Will that also be provided?
> >
> > No.
>
> This probably isn't a fair question since I haven't done my research, but is it for the same reason as before.  I found this tidbit: "Fedora won't ship MP3-capable software because the Fraunhofer
> Institute's patent license terms are not compatible with the GPL."
>
> However, now that Fluendo is providing mp3 decoding for free, is this still the case?

Yes. It is.  See http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php

Rahul

gdesklets included?

[Martin Sourada]

I don't understand very much to the legal issues concerning mp3 and don't mind
it is not in Fedora by default. But I wonder, since lame mp3 implementation [1]
is licensed under LGPL, are there any other licensing/legal/other issues
blocking such an implementation?

Thanks,
Martin

References
[1] http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php

Rahul Sundaram napsal(a):
> Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> > Jesse Keating  wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 04 April 2007 16:39:50 Brian C. Huffman wrote:
> > > > I also see in the Release Notes that native mp3 support will be
> > > >
> > > > included.  Will that also be provided?
> > >
> > > No.
> >
> > This probably isn't a fair question since I haven't done my research,
> > but is it for the same reason as before.  I found this tidbit: "Fedora
> > won't ship MP3-capable software because the Fraunhofer
> > Institute's patent license terms are not compatible with the GPL."
> >
> > However, now that Fluendo is providing mp3 decoding for free, is this
> > still the case?
>
> Yes. It is.  See http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php
>
> Rahul

gdesklets included?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Martin Sourada wrote:
> I don't understand very much to the legal issues concerning mp3 and don't mind
> it is not in Fedora by default. But I wonder, since lame mp3 implementation [1]
> is licensed under LGPL, are there any other licensing/legal/other issues
> blocking such an implementation?

Yes. Patent Issues.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/MP3

Rahul

Ps: Don't top post.

gdesklets included?

[Martin Sourada]

Rahul Sundaram napsal(a):
> Martin Sourada wrote:
> > I don't understand very much to the legal issues concerning mp3 and
> > don't mind
> > it is not in Fedora by default. But I wonder, since lame mp3
> > implementation [1]
> > is licensed under LGPL, are there any other licensing/legal/other issues
> > blocking such an implementation?
>
> Yes. Patent Issues.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/MP3
>
> Rahul

Thanks, I forgot the damn software patents. I am glad they are not in EU...
> Ps: Don't top post.

I'm sorry. I will try my best not to do it again. :-)